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Allegories of the Purge

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Preface v
Contents vii
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 Literature on Trial 15
CHAPTER 2 Sartre: Sentencing Literature 59
CHAPTER 3 Blanchot: Rebuttals 83
CHAPTER 4 Eluard: Purging Poetry 106
CHAPTER 5 Céline: Style Wars 140
CHAPTER 6 Céline: Denying History 164
Conclusion: The Spirit of the Trial 187
Bibliography 207
Index 217

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804765268-001

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Preface v
Contents vii
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 Literature on Trial 15
CHAPTER 2 Sartre: Sentencing Literature 59
CHAPTER 3 Blanchot: Rebuttals 83
CHAPTER 4 Eluard: Purging Poetry 106
CHAPTER 5 Céline: Style Wars 140
CHAPTER 6 Céline: Denying History 164
Conclusion: The Spirit of the Trial 187
Bibliography 207
Index 217

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